Carol Alt was noticed waiting tables in East Williston, Long Island, and decided at age 18 to give modeling a try as a summer job to save money for college.
17 Facts About Carol Alt
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Carol Alt graced the covers of Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, Vogue UK, Mademoiselle, Elle and Cosmopolitan.
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Carol Alt was referred to as The Face by Life Magazine.
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Carol Alt was the first model to produce her own posters and calendars.
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Carol Alt played the character of Kelly LaRue in the TV series "Thunder in Paradise" in 1994.
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Carol Alt played Agent Monica McBride in a 1997 action film The Protector, opposite Matt McColm, and Karen Oldham in the television adaptation of Peter Benchley's Amazon.
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Carol Alt had a few minor television roles, including one episode of Wings, and a voice role in an episode of King of the Hill.
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Carol Alt has written two books, promoting her own raw food diet plans.
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Carol Alt was the cover girl for travelgirl magazine.
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Carol Alt appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial in Playboy's December 2008 issue.
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Carol Alt was greeted by thousands of fans alongside Fifth Avenue.
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Carol Alt was a contestant on NBC's 2008 The Celebrity Apprentice, with Donald Trump, competing for her charity, the Tony Alt Memorial Foundation, which raises funds for scholarships for young adults to continue their studies.
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Carol Alt ended up in third place before being fired, but was brought back for the final task of the show and was chosen by finalist Piers Morgan to help him to become the Celebrity Apprentice.
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Carol Alt starred in the Italian TV series Caterina e le sue figlie 2 and in the TV movie Piper; both were aired on Canale5 in 2007.
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In October 2013, Carol Alt was inducted into the Ride of Fame.
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Carol Alt married former New York Rangers defenseman Ron Greschner at St Aidan's Roman Catholic Church, in Williston Park, Long Island, New York, in 1983.
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Carol Alt was then in a long-term relationship with former New York Islanders forward Alexei Yashin.